- Cardano is down 17% over the past 7 days due to a bearish trend.
- The network has recorded a drop in DeFi TVL & active addresses, which has fueled the downtrend.
Early this month Cardano [ADA] For the first time since 2022, its market cap exceeded $40 billion. The ADA market cap grew during a huge rally, which pushed ADA’s price to a new multi-year record of $1.32.
Cardano has cooled down since its initial rally. At the time of publication, Cardano was trading at $1.02 and had fallen 17% in just seven days. The market cap of Cardano has dropped from $45 billion to just $35 billion. The reasons for this bearish turn could include several.
Cardano DeFi TVL’s drop from record highs
Cardano’s total value locked (TVL), a measure of decentralized financing (DeFi), reached a new high, $708 million, on December 3rd. This coincided with ADA rallying to ADA multi-year-high. Cardano’s decentralized finance (DeFi) Total Value Locked (TVL) reached an all-time high of $708 million on 3rd December, coinciding with ADA’s rally to a multi-year high. DeFiLlamaSince then, the TVL price and value have both dropped sharply to $611,000,000.
Cardano’s DeFi volume has also decreased from $31 million at its peak to just $16 million. This shows the reduced use of the network in the DeFi industry.
Source: DeFiLlama
Liqwid, the largest DeFi Protocol on Cardano, has seen its TVL drop by 16 percent in a single week. Minswap DEX (decentralized exchange) also experienced a decline.
ADA tends to rise in tandem with increasing DeFi. If usage is decreased, this could further dampen the price outlook.
Weekly low for active addresses
Cardano’s usage has seen a significant decline as well, the daily number of active addresses falling to its lowest point in the last seven days.
IntoTheBlock data shows that Cardano active addresses dropped by 45% in one week from 96 740 to 52 380. New addresses on the network also registered a drop, from 32 590 to 16 190.
Source: IntoTheBlock
A decline in the number of active addresses indicates a reduced demand and interest for ADA. This could also indicate a decrease in investor confidence and a bearish outlook.
Cardano Whale Balances Drop
IntoTheBlock has reported a drop of significant proportions in the holdings at large Cardano addresses, which may push them into a phase of distribution.
Addresses holding between $100,000 to $1,000,000 worth of ADA saw their balances fall from $6.61 Billion down to $5.59 Billion.
Addresses holding tokens between $1 million to $10 million have seen their token holdings drop by more than $1 billion.
Source: IntoTheBlock
The drop in value does not mean that the whales have sold. It could indicate that whales are taking profits because the value of their stocks has fallen.
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What will ADA do to break out of these trends?
ADA may continue to follow the current bearish trend if Cardano fails to see an increase in activity. The downtrend could also be fueled by a lack in demand from traders who are trying to minimise losses.
Investors are advised to watch for an increase of the number of active address, DeFi activity and whale accumulation. This could indicate a recovery upward. Moreover, a bullish reversal in the broader markets could support ADA.
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